'Mr. Robot' Finale Tops Twitter TV Ratings List

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The season finale of USA Network’s drama series Mr. Robot easily dominated all broadcast and cable shows in social media last night.

The season one finale, which was postponed a week after the Aug. 26 fatal shooting of two TV journalists in Virginia because the episode contained a scene in which a character shoots himself on live TV, drew 41,000 Tweets reaching 1.1 million unique Twitter users, according to Nielsen.

Overall, the series, which has already been renewed for a second season, drew 1.2 million viewers in its Wednesday night finale, according to Nielsen.

Mr. Robot beat out broadcast shows The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Big Brother (CBS) The Carmichael Show (NBC) and America’s Got Talent (NBC) on the Twitter TV rating list for Wednesday night, said Nielsen.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.